Subject Re: Opening word doc and pdf from dbase From Ivar B. Jessen <nospam@nospam.com> Date Tue, 09 Feb 2016 23:37:45 +0100 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On Tue, 09 Feb 2016 16:54:42 -0500 Bami Onwu Sender:  Bami Onwu <bamionwu@yahoo.com> wrote the following in: Newsgroup: dbase.getting-started Subject: Re: Opening word doc and pdf from dbase: MessageID:<dgRY7R4YRHA.2028@ip-AC1E04A7> References:<Z76FM$zYRHA.3848@ip-AC1E04A7> <u5hkbb1400n9di084q1rggvaqhve334rjf@4ax.com>    >Hi Ivar, > >Thank you but how do I use it to open a folder for me to select the particular file I want. > >Thank you. > >Bami. If you know the folder in which the program is placed you just insert into ShellExecute the full path to the folder and add the program name including extension. If you don't know the path to the folder you could use getFile() in the way indicated below. //----- #include <WIN32API.H> #include winuser.h DO :include:WIN32API.PRG   cPath = getFile() ShellExecute(_app.framewin.hwnd, "open", cPath, null, null, SW_SHOW) //----- Ivar B. Jessen